Horizontal v-shaped dipole antenna for television reception



Nov. 11, 1969 c. WELLS 3,478,363

HORIZONTAL V-SHAPED DIPOLE ANTENNA FOR TELEVISION RECEPTION Filed March 7. 1968 IN VENTOR LAU RENCE C. WELLS United States Patent US. Cl. 343802 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention consists of a vertically disposed support that has its lower end clamped to a chimney of a house or the like by any desired means, and a horizontally disposed disk of insulated material is suitably secured in an off-centered position to the aforesaid support. Two diametrically opposed L-shaped aluminum rods, whose legs are of equal length, are suitably secured to the upper surface of the aforesaid disk in a horizontal plane. An aluminum convex end loading element is secured to the outer end of each of the legs of the two "aforesaid rods. A leadin wire has one end secured to one of the aforesaid L-shaped rods and an alike lead-in wire is likewise secured to the other one of the L-shaped rods. The entire antenna is secured by clamps to a chimney, as one can see by examination of FIGURE 1 of the accompanying drawmg.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide an antenna for television reception that will pick up the signals from four different directions at the same time.

Another object of this invention is to provide an antenna for television reception that will receive the signals for either color or black and white receivers.

Another object of this invention is to provide an antenna for television reception that does not require adjustment or rotation for the reception of signals coming from different directions of transmission,

Still another object of this invention is to provide an antenna for television reception that is smaller in size than present day antennas used for the reception of color television.

Other and further objects and advantages of this invention will come to mind as the reading of this specification proceeds and the accompanying drawing is examined.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of this invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of this invention.

In the two views of the drawing, like parts are indicated by like reference numbers.

The reference number 5 indicates this invention of an antenna for television reception in its entirety.

This invention I personally prefer to call a TV antenna head, but I will use the longer title in this specification for the benefit of those persons less experienced in the television art and the terminology used in the same since antenna head is not found in recognized dictionaries of the television art.

Looking at the drawing it will be seen that this invention consists of a vertically disposed support 6 that is in the form of a metal tube or the like that has its lower end suitably secured by two or more clamps 7 to the upper end of a chimney 8 or the like. The aforesaid support 6 has a disk 9, made of insulating material, secured in an off-centered position by means of the U-shaped clamp 10 to the top of the support 6 in a horizontal position.

Two L-shaped rods 11 and 12, that each have identical and equal length legs, are suitably secured to the upper surface of the aforesaid disk 9 in a horizontal plane diametrically opposite one another, as one can best see by looking at FIGURE. 2 of the drawing. A triangular gusset plate 13 is secured to the inside corner of each of the aforesaid rods 11 and 12 in order to provide additional stability to this part of the invention. A convex end loading element 14 is suitably secured to the outer ends of each of the aforesaid L-shaped rods 11 and 12, thereby completing the construction of this novel antenna for television reception with the exception of the two leadin wires 15 and 16. There is one wire for each of the two often mentioned L-shaped rods 11 and 12 which, like the aforesaid end loading elements 14, are preferably made of aluminum for reasons of weight. Both the rods and the end loading elements can be made of aluminum tubing if it is so desired in order to further reduce the weight of the antenna. The aforesaid lead-in wires 15 and 16 are not shown in FIGURE 1 of the drawing for reasons of clarity.

This invention of mine of an antenna for television reception not only meets all of the aforesaid objects of this invention but it will also eliminate ghosts that often appear on ones television picture. This novel antenna can be so constructed that the different parts of the antenna are bolted together, thereby making it possible to take the antenna apart for packaging in a box suitable for placement on a shalf in a retail store such as a TV or radio store, a hardware or department store, or even a drug store,

This invention is subject to any and all changes and/ or modifications one may care to make in the same in so long as the changes and/or modifications fall within the scope and intent of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An antenna for television reception, comprising a vertically disposed support to the upper end of which is suitably secured a disk of insulating material having two diametrically opposed L-shaped rods extending horizontally outward from the upper surface therefrom; and a separate loading end elementbeing secured to the outer end of each end of each of the said L-shaped rods.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein the said disk is secured in an off-center position on the said upper end of the said support by a U-shaped clamp.

3. The invention of claim 2, wherein a triangular gusset plate is secured to the inside corner of each of the said L-shaped rods.

4. The invention of claim 3, wherein each said end loading element is convex in shape when viewed from the top.

5. The invention of claim 4, wherein a lead-in wire has one end suitably secured to one of the said L-shaped rods and a like lead-in wire likewise has one end secured to the other of the said L-shaped rods.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,665,380 1/1954 Hickson et 'al 343-808 ELI LIEBERMAN, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 343809, 908 

